America is the noisiest country that ever existed. One is waked up in the morning, not by the singing of the nightingale, but by the steam whistle.

The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.

I forget what killed it. I think it was her proposing to sacrifice the whole world for me. That is always a dreadful moment. It fills one with the terror of eternity.